Foreign Aid Policy and Sources of Poverty : A Quantitative Framework /

The econometric literature has been unable to establish a robust association between foreign aid and growth and poverty reduction. In this paper we argue that aid effectiveness must be assessed using methods that go beyond cross-country regressions. We calibrate a dynamic general equilibrium model t...

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Автор: Mourmouras, Alex
Інші автори: Rangazas, Peter
Формат: Журнал
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Серія:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/014
Онлайн доступ:Full text available on IMF
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